GRE Word List
ENGULF
to flow over and enclose : overwhelm
The meaning of the word engulf is to flow over and enclose : overwhelm.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| mischance | bad luck |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |